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reallyrose

johnboysligo wrote: »

no rts fans? :eek:

Red Alert 2 for the win.


*sends all her engineers into johnboysligo's construction yard.*

The engineers are a distraction because I was ACTUALLY sending all my spies into all your buildings.

Rhyme

reallyrose wrote: »

Red Alert 2 for the win.


*sends all her engineers into johnboysligo's construction yard.*

Mind-control a civilian bus, fill it with engineers and Ivans (or Chrono-Ivans), drive it into enemy base, beautiful.

FewFew

johnboysligo wrote: »

no rts fans? :eek:

I was always a massive RTS fan, but I don't really like the modern ones. Thought AOE 3 was cack, thought C&C 3 was rather iffy too. Last RTS I actually enjoyed was Dawn of War. Still... must get Star Craft 2, I have still have faith in its brilliance.

reallyrose wrote: »

Red Alert 2 for the win.


*sends all her engineers into johnboysligo's construction yard.*se I was ACTUALLY sending all my spies into all your buildings.

I used to love building an army of attack dogs... sure they always got killed, but how terrifying when they actually strike!

Rhyme wrote: »

Mind-control a civilian bus, fill it with engineers and Ivans (or Chrono-Ivans), drive it into enemy base, beautiful.

Wow, that's genius.

Micky Dolenz

Dead rising 2

What's not to love? Zombies and a shopping mall full of make shift weapons.

FewFew

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Dead rising 2

What's not to love? Zombies and a shopping mall full of make shift weapons.

Is that good? I loved the idea of the first game, but I tried to play it again recently and it's just not that enjoyable. Sure hitting zombies is a bit of fun, but the controls are manky and it's just a bit awkward.

reallyrose

Rhyme wrote: »

Mind-control a civilian bus, fill it with engineers and Ivans (or Chrono-Ivans), drive it into enemy base, beautiful.

Make rocketeers one by one, stick them over the middle of a lake. Once you have a large green cloud of them (I'd always play as green), send them as a rain of death on all enemies.

RolandIRL

johnboysligo wrote: »

no rts fans? :eek:

Total Annihilation and SW:Empire at War...the only two i've ever loved. TA is the best RTS i've ever played. thank god it works on windows 7, or else i'd probably cry

FewFew

whiteman19 wrote: »

Total Annihilation and SW:Empire at War...the only two i've ever loved. TA is the best RTS i've ever played. thank god it works on windows 7, or else i'd probably cry

Must look into those two games. Also Supreme Commander? Is that a game? Is that an awesome game?

Nevyn

Dark Omen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvOHWMExDOg

FewFew

All the way through I just kept saying "I hope this is an RTS, I hope this is an RTS... it better not be WoW, it better not be WoW!"

EDIT: Sorry, I thought that said Warcraft. Ah cool, now I still hope it's an RTS... Dawn of War for those scared of space!

Nevyn

yes it was an RTW

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Omen

Warhammer: Dark Omen is a real-time tactical wargame and the sequel to Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat. It is a seminal exemplar of a game of the real-time tactics genre.

Rendered entirely in a freely rotatable- and zoomable isometric 3D overhead perspective, the game features terrain, terrain features and buildings, and support for the first-generation Voodoo 3dfx 3D accelerator card effects. The 3D terrain and features are combined with 2D sprites ("billboarding") to render the hundreds of individual units simultaneously on-screen on the limited hardware of 1998. Dark Omen is based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle miniature tabletop wargame rules and situated in the Old World in the Warhammer Fantasy world and makes use of the vast background, creating a storyline that develops over the course of the game through illustrations and voice-acted conversations.

RolandIRL

Fewcifur wrote: »

Must look into those two games. Also Supreme Commander? Is that a game? Is that an awesome game?

thought i replied to this earlier. stupid internet cutting out :mad:

supreme commander is the spiritual successor to Total annihilation. i haven't played it much myself, cos it was so laggy on my laptop, though i tried it out anyway to see how it'd work on an integrated graphics card
don't bother getting it for xbox as it's supposed to be slow as hell and RTS does not belong on a console. it can only be played with keyboard & mouse. it's blasphemy to try it with a 360

Rhyme

whiteman19 wrote: »

...RTS does not belong on a console. it can only be played with keyboard & mouse. it's blasphemy to try it with a 360

Dear Santa Claus,

I would like an RTS game on the Wii with full Wiimote functionality re: point, click, drag and hotkeys. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Samuel B. Rhyme esq.

RolandIRL

-_-

no controller has enough buttons for RTS games :P they really dumb it down to make it work. keyboard and mouse is the only way.

Rhyme

Stick a few toggle on/off pop-up menus and you only need 6 or 7 buttons tops (I really thought this through when I got my Wii first )

RolandIRL

but then there's no point for shortcuts/hotkeys like on a keyboard. it takes longer to say select all your units than pressing Ctrl + A

I just don't see why the consoles don't have the ability to plug in a mouse and keyboard. it'd open up their market a lot for people who want to play recent games but don't the great PC to play it like me. it'd be much better control. i prefer the mouse anyday over the thumbsticks of a 360 controller

FewFew

I dunno, the aul Wii-mote might work. Maybe. Don't think the Wii could handle the graphics on most of these fancy modern RTS though.

Must try find some RTS legends for my Mac. I refuse to run boot camp just for games... I imagine it'd make my baby awfully ick to put windows on it.

Rhyme

Removing the necessity of the keyboard opens up the Wii market though which is, essentially, a casual one. The reason why the Wii Zapper and other attachments work is because they augment the gaming experience, not alter it and keep the casual market in their comfort zone.

Ugh market theory pushing back into my brain. Back to Okami, pretty pretty colours. Burble.

RolandIRL

i'm not saying make the keyboard & mouse necessary to play games, but have it as an alternative contoller, and not just for the Wii, but for all consoles.

i like the 360 controller and all, but it's not as precise as moving a mouse to locate a target.

FewFew

Rhyme wrote: »

Removing the necessity of the keyboard opens up the Wii market though which is, essentially, a casual one. The reason why the Wii Zapper and other attachments work is because they augment the gaming experience, not alter it and keep the casual market in their comfort zone.

Ugh market theory pushing back into my brain. Back to Okami, pretty pretty colours. Burble.

Okami is great! I wish he was MY wolf god! Weeeeee!

BaconZombie

GOD CTHULHU DAMN......



It's the Steam XMas Sale again......

RolandIRL

if only i had a credit card to waste on steam

FewFew

What is steam?

RolandIRL

Online game distrubution site - http://store.steampowered.com/
it's run by valve (people who made half life), and even though most of their stuff is really dear, their sales are meant to be great.

downloaded Might and Magic, i'll install it later when i've got more space on my hard drive. running low atm. need to dump my tv shows onto the external drive

FewFew

whiteman19 wrote: »

Online game distrubution site - http://store.steampowered.com/
it's run by valve (people who made half life), and even though most of their stuff is really dear, their sales are meant to be great.

downloaded Might and Magic, i'll install it later when i've got more space on my hard drive. running low atm. need to dump my tv shows onto the external drive

Ah yes, I do love Valve, even though it's been a long time since I've played one of their games.

Cool, must check it out.

RolandIRL

big threads on it in Games forum and Bargain Alerts, you might want to check them out

FewFew

whiteman19 wrote: »

big threads on it in Games forum and Bargain Alerts, you might want to check them out

And leave the Noc? Hmm...

Rhyme

*wipes drool*

Finished Okami... need something just as involved and wacky as it. No More Heroes or Metal Gear Solid 3

FewFew

Rhyme wrote: »

*wipes drool*

Finished Okami... need something just as involved and wacky as it. No More Heroes or Metal Gear Solid 3

Hmmmmmmmm... would a Zelda on the wii do the trick? If not, well, what's wrong with one of the new Mario games? Always inventive and enjoyable

Rhyme

Fewcifur wrote: »

Hmmmmmmmm... would a Zelda on the wii do the trick? If not, well, what's wrong with one of the new Mario games? Always inventive and enjoyable

Zelda on the Wii and I have a love/hate thing going on, it has a few nice bits here and there and two or three genuinely satisfying parts but overall it's very easy and (sorry to put it so bluntly) boring. I have fonder memories of older Zelda titles (WW, LttP and MM stand out immediately) and having played Mario Galaxy to death a short while ago (100% with Mario and Luigi ) I'm still a little jaded on the little Italian guy.

I'll dig around when all the pre-Santa cleaning is done.